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Red Hat Virtualization now
supports SAP HANA platform
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ed Hat, the world’s leading provider of
open source solutions, has announced
that Red Hat Virtualization now
supports the SAP HANA platform.
Red Hat is now able to offer an operating
system (Red Hat Enterprise Linux for
SAP HANA) and hypervisor that are
both validated for use with SAP HANA
environments, providing a level of open
standardisation to organisations seeking
greater choice of virtualised solutions,
operational efficiencies and cost reductions
in their data centres.
A scalable, flexible, Kernel-based Virtual
Machine (KVM) powered virtualisation
solution, Red Hat Virtualization provides
an open, easy-to-use and more secure
virtualisation platform that can handle
diverse workloads, without extensive
modifications or custom hardware.
By now supporting SAP HANA deployments,
Red Hat Virtualization helps customers
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consolidate physical hardware to reduce IT
expenses without losing operating capacity
or functionality. Additionally, Red Hat
Virtualization forms a solid foundation for
innovative technologies, like Linux containers
and cloud computing, while remaining easy
to integrate with existing IT investments.
Because Red Hat Virtualization forms
the basis for many of Red Hat’s next-
generation computing technologies, this
capability further enables customers to
standardise on the Red Hat portfolio for
their SAP HANA deployments. This can
help to extend the flexibility of customer
big data operations and provide more
options when it comes to scaling to address
extreme computing tasks.
“Red Hat is committed to delivering
customer choice at all levels of the
technology stack, from foundational
technologies like the operating system and
hypervisor to next-generation solutions
built on Linux containers and OpenStack,”
said Gunnar Hellekson, Senior Director,
Product Management, Platforms Business
Unit, Red Hat.
“Red Hat Virtualization for SAP HANA
demonstrates this commitment by
providing a scalable, flexible and open
platform upon which to run big data
workloads and associated applications
without the need for proprietary software
lock-in or custom hardware.”
Christoph Theis, head of SAP Services,Finanz
Informatik Technologie Services, added:
“To deliver the absolute reliability and fast
performance that our financial services and
insurance customers expect for their critical
enterprise transactions, we needed a robust
virtualisation platform.
“Choosing Red Hat Virtualization means that
we can deliver a high-performing, cloud-
based SAP HANA solution that meets our
customers’ requirements and can do so in a
cost-effective manner.” n
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